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Faster-Acting Antidepressants: A New Era in Depression Treatment

Depression is a chronic and recurrent illness that can affect at least 20% of the population at some period in their lifetime, according to a number of studies…

Earth Sciences

‘Tipping points’ could come this century

Published today by the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), the researchers have coined a new term,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Lion FIV: Whole-Genome Analysis Revealed

The sequencing of the two full FIV genomes of different lion subtypes shows the importance of whole-genome analysis in understanding complex genetic events….

Health & Medicine

For treating advanced Parkinson’s, new research points to serotonin

Now, Rockefeller University’s Paul Greengard and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden provide evidence that serotonin, a well-studied…

Earth Sciences

Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

In the renowned magazine “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” (PNAS) an international team of researchers describes, where small changes can have…

Life & Chemistry

Sensitive Neuronal Networks: Understanding External Interference

How sensitive are neuronal networks to external interference? To what extent are neuronal network processes incudung the thinking patterns of the brain…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Early Heart Development in Vertebrates

Currently, one of the most important areas to explore in developmental biology is how cellular transformation processes lead to the three-dimensional formation…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Energy-Efficient Microchip Design Unveiled by MIT Team

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present…

Technology Offerings

Low Frequency Plasma Generator: 29 kHz Innovation by Frankfurt Scientists

Frankfurt scientists have designed an inductively coupled plasma generator with an operating frequency of only 29 kHz. The emitted light spectra had a high…

Technology Offerings

New System Accurately Measures Nanoparticle Size and Distribution

The novel measuring system and method uses a sophisticated scattered light measurement to enable the determination of size, distribution and / or quantity of…

Technology Offerings

Magneto-Hydrodynamic Plasma Valve Enhances Gas Flow Control

The new magneto-hydrodynamic plasma valve has been developed for flow regulation and disconnection of gases with different pressures. The system has no…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Exploring New Markets for Rubber and Oilseed Crop Innovations

Dr. Mike Foster, a research scientist with the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, said he is looking at the possibility of developing the…

Health & Medicine

Larynx Preservation Outperforms Total Laryngectomy Outcomes

Patients with locally advanced laryngopharyngeal cancers who receive radical chemoradiation have significantly better voice outcomes during the 12 months…

Studies and Analyses

Key 'impact hunters' catalyze hunting among male chimpanzees

They are more likely to initiate a hunt, and hunts rarely occur in their absence, according to a new study. The findings, which appear in the current issue of…

Life & Chemistry

New Nano Process Captures Environmental Gases Efficiently

A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of…

Health & Medicine

Smoking Linked to Higher Colorectal Polyp Risk: Study Insights

The results from this meta-analysis showed pooled risk estimates of 2.14 for current versus never smokers, 1.82 for ever versus never smokers and 1.47 for…

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